Question

Find the slope of the line that passes through the given pair of points.

(if an answer is undefined, enter undefined.) (5, 4) and (4, 11)

Answer 1

`m = (11 - 4)/( 4 - 5) = (7)/( - 1) = - (7)/(1) = - 7`

Answer 2

m = -7

Explanation:

Hi! Our task is to find the slope of the line. So what we'll do is we'll use our slope formula:

`\implies\bf{m=\cfrac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}}`

Plug in all the data:

`\implies\bf{m=\cfrac{11-4}{4-5}}`

`\implies\bf{m=\cfrac{7}{-1}}`

`\implies\bf{m=-7}`

Therefore, the slope, m, is -7.